31 Quotes That Will Give You Chills

I think quotes have a powerful way of conveying an attitude to you which sometimes resonates so much that you feel ‘chills’ inside. Here’s a list of the quotes which have given me the most of these “chills”. Enjoy!

Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75. —Benjamin Franklin

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions. Their lives a mimicry. Their passions a quotation. — Oscar Wilde

Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. —Arthur C. Clark

Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. — Albert Einstein

Of all sad words of mouth or pen, the saddest are these: it might have been. — John Greenleaf Whittier

I fear not the man who has practised 10,000 kicks, but I do fear the man who has practised one kick 10,000 times. Bruce Lee

And when you gaze long enough into the abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Don’t let schooling interfere with your education-Mark Twain

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. — John F. Kennedy

It is no measure of health to be well—adjusted to a profoundly sick society. — Jiddu Krisnamurti

Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money. — Indian Proverb

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. –Kahlil Gibran

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell and when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. – William Saroyan

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. ― John Lennon

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ― Albert Einstein

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves. ― Mahatma Gandhi

The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed. — Ernest Hemingway

In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. ― Hunter S. Thompson

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. ― Dwight D. Eisenhower

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. – Lao Tzu

Dalai Llama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, said: “ Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”

I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t. And we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off ― Chuck Palahniuk

The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost invariably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And if he is not romantic personally, he is apt to spread discontent among those who are. ― HL Mencken

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2 and 15 are the same quote. Also, the Dalai Lama quotation has been proven to be fictional.

Ars Spiritus Team

Thanks for pointing that out! There is no source for the quote, but the message stands.

matt

Do you even understand these quotes?

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. – Mark Twain

ana

haha yes is totally true , what if i argue with smart people ? they will make me feel stupid 😀

Marc V

Ana,

Just for a moment until you then take their collection of thoughts, pull them together and become smarter than the ones who were smarter than you before. Isnt that how evolution and progress work? Or…you can just spend your life trying to avoid stupid people as Mark Twain was talking about. Go for smart people who make you feel dumb…dumbness is just a feeling, the smarts you get by being with better educated people than you will last a lifetime. And then you find out the secret….many of them were never smarter than you in the first place. And the ones who are,lifted you up to their level. It is why I have one rule when I leave my house, do not discuss anything with people who use phrases like “Where he be at?” Those people told me their life story in one sentence and it is horrifying and possibly violent in some form or another.

Cate

Marc V, you’re a prick.

Tom A

Your interest in others seems to only be about what good they can do for you. How sad.

Heather

your pompous attitude and presumptions will keep you stupid, small minded and a hazard to civilized society.

jason

The smartest person is the one who realizes how much they don’t know…and aces it as a challenge…written be me..now

Marc V

Matt, why would you ask that question? It can only bring a person down,empower nobody and make only 1 person feel better about himself for as nano-second-You!

junglewizz

So what ? If it carries wisdom ? Who the f**k cares about labels ? By your very comment you’ve missed the point by a light year. Take a deep breath, or three, and try again 😉

Mike

But that doesn’t take away from the fact that these are things that people made up and then picked someone famous to take it higher. “Bullshit is a more dangerous enemy of truth than lies.”

Reggie

Errors are more dangerous than lies because lies are easier to recognise. On the other hand, hearing how someone arrived at an incorrect conclusion provides a warning for others.

To the assholes challenging the sources: You would be better off applying the message of the quotes to your own lives instead of wasting your time arguing the accuracy of the citations.

Ars Spiritus Team

Thanks Taylor!

Terry

To the person calling people assholes, that you have never met and do not know anything about. Take the log out of your own eye before trying to remove the log from your brothers.

Kevin

To Terry who defends assholes, Taylor knows something about them; they enjoy criticizing and nit picking rather than looking for value in what is shared. Good association with being an asshole. Also, I didn’t see a plank in Taylor’s eye. I saw his annoyed reaction to people being short-sighted.

obas

exactly

pete

I’d say arguing the accuracy of the quotes IS applying the message to Your own life Taylor—which one says to believe everything you read without questiioning it for yourself? Number 12 is definitely not Plato-

Andrew W

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ― Albert Einstein

Yeah, Einstein didn’t really say that. I’m sure he would be ashamed to have people going around quoting him with something so incredibly stupid. I’m not sure about the other Einstein quote but he tends to get tagged on certain things he has never said, just cause he was known to be smart.

Ars Spiritus Team

The power of the quote lies more in the message rather than the source 😉

Really?

If you think this quote is stupid, then you my friend have a lot of learning left to do.

Marco

I think you read the quotes in the wrong way. We read from left to right. It’s not important who wrote the quote. It’s the message that is all that counts.

pete

“Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.” – R. Buckminster Fuller

Frank

RE: #28, read the Tao Te Ching it’ll change your life.

Holden

Those who are focusing only on the sources might want to take a step back to see what this thread is about… someone who put a good deal of work finding great motivational quotes. Kudos Ars, good work

I also admire that you put the author name in number 30 not “Tyler Durden” or ” Fight Club” as most bloggers do.

samuel

Great quotes! Completely related to most if not all! Thanks!
I think anyone who really understands them, knows they´re on a different level in many ways…
*I`m amazed how many people just focus on the sources… for me those thoughts meant so much, I gave a fuck about that!!!

One more but for the ebook.
Would be great if each of the quotes on the ebook were also given the names who said it.

Ars Spiritus Team

If you’re talking about the free eBook, there should be Author names in the beginning of each section

jackstraww

30- – on the $$$

nishant

gandhi was an idiot
why did you quote him
otherwise i would have liked the page

Emmet

Did you miss this one?

“Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”

Duhhh…what could that mean?

Rudeman

I enjoyed this quotes, some are very strong.
I also enjoyed reading the comments right after, specially the ones written by the skeptics that need the source to be right, instead of just trying to understand the message.
who gives a shit who said it??
if you spend all your time looking at the name after the “–“marks, youre gonna miss whats between them. Rodolfo Chajon

So many great and inspiring quotes to contemplate and people choose to nitpick any fault they can find in the list or in each other’s comment about the list.

Is it really necessary to be so critical? Of everything? All of the time?

james

I love quotes.Please keep coming and thanks for the good works.

kevin

Nice page! I have printed it and put in my place of work.
Some of the people who have commented though should also print it and use it for their homework of life, then we all mght just live in a nicer place!

Fantastic – some of those quotes really gave me chills! I love writing down every quote I come across and storing them away for later reading (it’s one of the quirks I have, especially when it comes to reading books, I dog-ear galore). I recently composed an article of my own on the various creativity quotes I’ve come across so far http://lonerwolf.com/introvert-quotes-on-creativity/ perhaps you’ll find some of your own that you like?

Great quotes! #23 resonates with me. Sometimes we feel like we can do anything but lo and behold, we struggle with some things. The analogy of a fish climbing a tree sums it up perfectly. Find what you are good at and develop yourself in that field.

Ars Spiritus Team

Thanks Segun. I agree. Struggling is just part of the process as it reminds us of what it is that we don’t want to do.

The quotes are inspiring indeed and somewhere I read this :
I do my thing, You do yours
I am not in this world to live up to your expectations,
You are not in this world to live up to mine,
You are you
I am I
and if by chance we meet each other
It is wonderful” ……………………………….Anon

I am just loving your site, this is not for comment but you replied so quickly, I love your blog.

Thank you for approving my comment as it is from the heart, I will lurk around here if you let me, thank you so much and if you don’t mind I will repin and use things you have so graciously provided properly and with all respect, thanks Ars…

This was interesting and I think a lot of people can learn a whole lot just by reading and applying these concepts to daily life. Correct source or not I enjoyed it. My favourite was 3 a statement so chilling and undeniable that both outcomes condemn us to our own restraints. Nice post dude 🙂

“when faced with a difficult person, rejoice that you are not them” -myself
simply, if you have to deal with a jerk imagine how crappy that person’s life probably is. Nobody likes jerks. no matter how much of a pain they are to you for a moment they have to go through their whole life being who they are.

Ars Spiritus Team

that’s a cool mindset to have and an awesome quote, thanks for sharing!

In One word this is awesome. Thank you for a nice topic. All are invited a nice and great topic as like on http://suchipatro.com

fer

So many great ones. Definitely chilling.

Heather

Ars – beautiful, encouraging and definitely thought provoking! Don’t let the small minds deter from continuing with your work =) (no matter how many times you have to listen to someone say “did x really say that?”, “x never said that” etc. <3

Ars Spiritus Team

Thanks for reading and the kind words Heather!

Appyrider66

I love my stumbleupon app just for things of this nature. Source schmorse. Some of this banter reminds me that a lot of people are just generally unhappy and want to drag the rest of us along for their drudge. May I suggest a book, Simple Abundance. Dont forget to enjoy the ride while you pick apart how it works…or ahem, how you think it works.

As the author (or should I say collector) of a Book of Quotations “Suitable for Hanging”, I applaud you for your excellent collection. See my book at YouTube.com/lynnestanshine.

Jessica Eaton

# 5 – It isn’t “mouth”, it’s “tongue” (Maud Muller)

For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: “It might have been!”

Carol

No quotes by women?

Joshua Pelletier

Good Quotes. Most quotes that float around the internet are in reality just platitudes, but these seem to have real meaning and truth. you can really tell alot about someone by observing if they can recognize a platitude or not.

PegLeg

i’m with U Carol . Men love to quote “great” men but women get forgotten…Oh no maybe
They are having their period !!

Yep, came down to comment that there are no quotes by women. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love these quotes (even if a few are misattributed), but dang, I find it hard to believe that you have over 2 dozen quotes and not a single one was said by a woman.

wanda lee

As has already been pointed out, but can stand repeating, there’s not one single woman quoted here, not one. Disgraceful.

I have always read inspiring quotes, love quotes, sad quotes and so on but when I read the title of your post, I doubted that it could happen. How can a quote give you chills!
But well, you have done an awesome job. You introduced me to something new. Thanks 🙂

AL

A lot of substance

Jessica

It didn’t include the quote that makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck every time I hear it:
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but I know that World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” – Albert Einstein.

VaLois

ok but like why are these all quotes from men

pete

“Mankind shall not be free until the last king is strangled in the entrails of the last priest.” – -Denis Diderot.

Amando

I like the way you are talking with. I love nice quotes you are sharing, Thank you very much.

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joy

love the quotes , i feel that quotes are always a good way to pass on wisdom to others
read spancejoy.com/legendsofpeace , i also share some famous quotes to live by